Q: Pharmacy filled my infant sons prescription wrong and I gave it to him for 2 weeks, do I.have a case?
My son is 4 weeks old. I just found out that the pharmacy filled his prescription wrong and I have been giving him the wrong medicine for 2 weeks. He was supposed to.have medicine for low blood sugar the medicine he has been taking is for high blood pressure or heart failure. The only reason it went undetected was because a SIDE EFFECT of this drug is elevated blood sugar. He is an infant and the effects could have been devastating. I just feel they shouldn't get away with it especially because the pharmacy is IN a women's and children's hospital.
A: Unless your son suffered serious, permanent damage from taking the wrong medication, there would not be a claim worth pursuing. You can certainly make a complaint with the pharmacy. They may offer you some type of compensation.
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